EUROPA NOSTRA FORUM
“Saving Europe’s Endangered Heritage”
Organised in cooperation with the Centro Nacional de Cultura
and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
1 June 2012 (9h30-13h30)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
DRAFT PROGRAMME
NB: Presentations will be made in English or French without translation
09.30 – 09.45
Opening session
Welcome by Artur Santos Silva, Chairman of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
Introduction by Costa Carras, Vice-President of Europa Nostra, Greece
09.45 – 10.30
Panel I – International experience & different models
Panel to be introduced and moderated by:
Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
Panelists:
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Bonnie Burnham, President & Chief Executive Officer of the World Monuments Fund,
USA: “The Watch Experience”
Simon Molesworth, Chairman of INTO, Australia:
“The Australian “Heritage At Risk” annual campaign and the US “Most Endangered Historic
Places” annual campaign – A comparison of objectives, methodologies and outcome”
Isabel Raposo de Magalhães, Vice-President of the ICCROM Council, Portugal:
“Heritage at Risk: International Cooperation”
The Hague, 14 May 2012
10.30 – 11.30
Panel II – National experience & different models
Panel to be introduced and moderated by:
Adam Wilkinson, Council member of Europa Nostra, Director of Edinburgh World Heritage,
United Kingdom
Panelists:
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Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, President of the Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Italy:
“I Luoghi del Cuore”
Wolter Braamhorst, Editor of Europa Nostra Heritage in Motion Magazine, the
Netherlands: “The BBC TV Restoration Programme”
Bertrand de Feydeau, Vice-Président de la Fondation du Patrimoine, France:
“Emergence d’un mécénat populaire en France pour sauver le patrimoine en péril ”
Lejla Hadžić, Regional Coordinator of Cultural Heritage without Borders, Sweden-Bosnia
& Herzegovina-Kosovo-Albania: “The role of an NGO in safeguarding a World Heritage Site”
Stelios Lekakis, Archaeologist, Elliniki Etairia, Greece:
“The MuA Project (Monuments at Risk)”
Corinne Roger, Directrice des Missions Immobilières de l’Institut du Patrimoine Wallon,
Belgium: “Wallonia Heritage Institute - Saving endangered listed buildings: an intensive care”
Carl von Essen, the Swedish Association for Building Preservation, Sweden:
“The Yellow List”
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee break
12.00 – 12.45
Panel III – Spotlight on Portugal
Panel to be introduced and moderated by:
António Lamas, President of Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua
Panelists:
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Vítor Cóias, President of GECoRPA – Portuguese Built Heritage Guild:
“The Role of Enterprises Working in Heritage Conservation”
Hugo O’Neill, President of the Portuguese Historic Houses Association:
“Portuguese built patrimony - A yet untapped treasure”
António Sérgio Rosa de Carvalho, Architectural historian:
“Lisbon Heritage in Danger”
João Teixeira, Vice President of the European Council of Spatial Planners:
“Cities need integrated and sustainable urban regeneration urgently”
Elísio Summavielle, General Director for Cultural Heritage
The Hague, 14 May 2012
12.45 – 13.30
Closing session/panel: What kind of action is needed at European level?
Panel to be introduced and moderated by:
Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura, Portugal
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Joseph Falzon, Vice Chair of the Sub Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Malta
Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines, Member of the European Parliament, Spain
Denis de Kergorlay, Executive President of Europa Nostra, France
Emílio Rui Vilar, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
The Hague, 14 May 2012